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<script src="/lib/jquery-1.12.2.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
    $("p").filter(function(){  
        return $("span", this).length == 2;}).css("background-color", "yellow");
});
</script>
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<body>

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  <p>A p element <span>with one span element.</span></p>
  <p>A p element <span>with</span> two <span>span elements.</span></p>
  <p>A p element <span>with one span element.</span></p>
  <p>A p element <span>with</span> two <span>span elements.</span></p>
  <p>A p element with no span element.</p>
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<p>This example returns all p elements that have two span elements. P elements with none, one, or more than two span elements, will not be returned.</p>

</body>
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